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Verbert, Katrien; Manouselis, Nikos; Drachsler, Hendrik; Duval, Erik – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
In various research areas, the availability of open datasets is considered as key for research and application purposes. These datasets are used as benchmarks to develop new algorithms and to compare them to other algorithms in given settings. Finding such available datasets for experimentation can be a challenging task in technology enhanced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Information Technology, Open Source Technology
Marino, Nancy Robinson – Library Talk, 1998
Discusses the use of webliographies, collections of Internet sites on a particular subject, to help students find relevant and useful sources on the World Wide Web. Highlights include the validity of information sources; developing criteria for evaluating information; how to set up a webliography Web page; and HTML commands. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Retrieval
Milbury, Peter – Book Report, 1997
Illustrates the importance of students knowing how to effectively search electronic resources. Discusses a Web site created at Chico High School and describes the three major components of the organization of electronic resources (outreach, training, and planning interview). Gives an example of a class research assignment and discusses other…
Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Information Retrieval
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Smith, Sean J.; Smith, Steven B. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2002
This article describes an online resource, TrackStar, that helps organize and annotate Web sites (more specifically, the addresses or URLs to the Web sites) into lessons, presentations, or instructional resources. Each "track" provides a user with a list of Web-based resources that have been located, organized, and summarized. Examples of uses…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Krishnamurthy, Ramesh; Kosem, Iztok – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2007
UK universities are accepting increasing numbers of students whose L1 is not English on a wide range of programmes at all levels. These students require additional support and training in English, focussing on their academic disciplines. Corpora have been used in EAP since the 1980s, mainly for research, but a growing number of researchers and…
Descriptors: Internet, Computational Linguistics, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning
Bane, Robert K.; Tanner, Dennis F. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1989
The components and features of ERIC on CD-ROM are discussed. Search techniques and the value of this resource are described. Different systems available are noted. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Edyburn, Dave – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2000
This article describes nine tactics for utilizing technology to manage increasing amounts of information while attempting to discern what information is most pertinent. Specific products are highlighted to provide a glimpse of the potential power and value of these tools for enabling educators to stay apprised of new developments. (Contains one…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Hudson River Center for Program Development, Glenmont, NY. – 1997
This manual is designed to help adult educators to understand and use the Internet in teaching adult students. The manual examines what the Internet is, how one can connect to it, and how it can be used. It also describes ways to communicate on the Internet, identifies sites where information can be accessed, and explains how search tools are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Computer Mediated Communication
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Kratzert, Mona; Richey, Debora – College & Undergraduate Libraries, 1997
Discusses 10 Internet misconceptions: all information is available, no copyright laws apply, all information is free, complete research papers can be completed, all sites are true and equal, objectionable material is everywhere, information can be found faster, complex databases are easier to search, latest information is always available,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Databases
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Allison, Brian – Art Education, 1996
Provides an overview and introduction to some of the most useful databases for art education and research. Notes that much art education research uses dissertations and theses. Discusses the content and use of several U.S., Australian, and British databases. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Education, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
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Large, Andrew; Beheshti, Jamshid – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 2000
Discusses interviews with 50 sixth-grade students about their experience of using the Web to find information for a class project. The children overall demonstrated a sophistication both in their appreciation of the Web's strengths and weaknesses as an information source, and in their information retrieval strategies. In their reaction to the Web…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Grade 6
Sawbridge, Stephen J. – 2001
This document is intended to help practitioners and researchers in the United Kingdom find and use Internet-based research resources dealing with raising achievement. The introduction discusses the state of research into school effectiveness in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Part A, which reviews available World Wide Web sites devoted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adoption (Ideas), Basic Skills